The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-08-04
has been arrested, charged with the embez-
element Of about $4,000 of the paymaster's

fund.
| A very large meeting of representative
citizens was held at Memphis. Tenn,
| Wednesday Afternoon and passed reSolu-
tions unanimously inviting the President |
and Mrs. Cleveland to visit Memphis.
| a fire starting in Armour's now beef
house, at the stock yards in Chicago |
| Wednesday evening caused a loss of nearly
$500, 600, to offset which there is insurance
| OF $195,000.
| RGuben Cole, a negro, was taken from
the S,lrry county, Va, Jail on Monday and
hangcl to tree, for an assault committed
about a week before upon the person of
| Mrs. Richard Savage.
Early Thursday morning Il freight train
was passing over Mount Savage bridge, q
| few miles west Of Cumberland, Md, when
| the structure gave way, and the engineer |
| and fireman were instantly killed.
Mrs. Logan had so far recovered from
| her injuries on Saturday last as to be able |
| to join her friends at dinner. She expects |
| to leave for Washington the latter part of |
| this week
Ex-senator Mcdonald is for Cleveland |
| for 4 second term because he "has made a |
good record is a thoroughly conscientious |
man and has not done u single thing to
| curry favor with the public"
Mayor Hewitt has again shocked the
spoilsmcn of New York by announcing
that he will rot appoint Il president Of the
Park Board until he finds one who is
thoroughly competent. The spoilsmcn arc
easily shocked.
General Sherman is preparing paper to
bc read before tho Army Of tho Tennessee
at its September reunion in Detroit. He
will attend tho convention Of the Grand
Army at st. Louis as delegate from Mis-
| souri,.
S Frederick w. Vanderbilt has contracted
Tor the erection Of magnificent residence
C on his Newport estate, which when finished
t will be tho handsomcSt III that place. There
is no truth in the rumor that he is TO buy
+ the late Miss Wolfc's villa.
|. A monument 10 Col Ben Cleveland, a
hero Of the Revolution and commander at
f the battle Of Kings Mountain i'm that war,
q was unveiled Thursday at Fort Madison, Il
station on the Air Line road, in the pres
" cncc of 800 persons.
G M LauCr author Of the Boulangcr let
tcrS, promises to make public the names of
!, cighty-Gour generals who arc alleged to
- have pledged their support to Gen. Bouan-
ger in coup dctat after his duel with Cas-
sagh0C
@ ,s a New York dispatch saysa wushout oc-
" cured on the Eric Railroad Sunday night,
the track being carried away while a train
:, was passing over it. Twenty cars loaded
a with cheese went into the ditch and were
IS totally wrecked.
Chief Engineer Arthur, Of the Brother
C. hood CT Locomotive Engineers maintains
his reputation rs man of sound sense and
IS fearless honesty. Recently hC said: "Strkcs
mean assessments. and assessments mean
&c death to organization
II Gen. CIuscrct of Paris, has published
:" memoirs Of his connection with the com,
munC lie warns the ruling classes that if
&c they drive the people to despair they will
ut find thc pctrOlcusc Of the future more
{. deadly than the pctrolCusc Of 1871.
About midnight Monday night negro
% named John Watson was drowned at Pal
n mct!n wharf, Charleston. He had come
:, down the Cooper river on a wood boat
and Willie trying to make it fast to the dock
n he was thrown into the water and drowned.
II Gen. Bcntlcy's order excluding colorcL
l. troops from the intGrnati0nl military en-
campncnt to be held in Chicago in Octo-
70 bcr has been recalled by request Of the
# board Of managers in charge Of the enter
10 prise.
The press committee that will have spc-
i'm cial charge of newspaper mon who visit st
in Louis during the grand CnCampmcnt in Sep
no tCmhrr, have decided to establish press
headquarters for working reporters at tho
Southern Hotel.
* An iNfuriutrd mob Of men took a negro
So boy, - years Nt age, from the county jail
n at Kaufman. T,Xas, and hanged him, after,
wards liddling hi, body with bullets. lie
III had CommittIu an assault on Il ninc-yCar.
70 Old Girl.
:" 1t rs reported that the numerous RcNub
>. Iican clerks iii &c Treasury Department
H. are iulGlanL over the pi0SpcC! of Il Rcpub
4 Treasury Department must have taken 4
vacation.
as Allan G. Thurman, on Grover Cleveland
as He is man of undouhcd honesty and un
ISL doubted courage. The American people
like brave man and an honest man.
d. Everybody must admit that Mr.. Cleveland
,S is both.
a A Canadian who resides in Nebraska
town celebrated the Fourth Of July by
f. trampling on the United States flag 4
of few gentlemen not connected with the State
)y dcr rrtmcnt promptly rode him on Il rail.
The railroads are living up TO their priv
1d ilcgcs under the inter State commerce Act.
or Nearly all Of them Show Increased earnings
Il since the bill went into cllcct phc in.
crease is paid by "thc dear people," Gol
&c whose benefit the Act was passed.
10 Probably the most distinguished female
re educator in this country is Miss Alice T.,
Freeman, president of Wellesley college.
,d There is great grief among the patrons of
ID that institution because Miss Freeman has
rs fallen in love with Il Howard professor and
means TO marry him.
TX Eugene Higgins, appointment clerk of
N the treasury, is charged with violating the
is civil service law by taking hand in the
Democratic primaries OF Baltimore. ILih-
q crto Eugene has succeeded in knocking out
;$S his opponents and we are willing to lay Il
:. small amount on him this time.
Ex-senator Thomas G. Plat has offered
:. Colonel Fred Grant the Republican, nom
, nation I0I Secretary of State Of New York
v and he thinks tnUt CGloncl Grant will nc
ccpt. This is in the line OF Dc policy Of
cancellation that Mr.. Plat adopted rs SOON
{ | ae Senator llisCOCk was elected
r The great Qpti poverty society organized
. by Henry George aNd Dr. McGlym has
been in operation fourteen weeks 1t has
collected s., ,OG7.4O and spent $1,9jI %